A Willing Victim: DI Stratton 4

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On a dank November day in the late 50s DI Ted Stratton is called to a murder scene in Soho. The victim is Jeremy Lloyd, a loner with a taste for religion and spirituality. Stratton's enquiries lead him to his home turf of Suffolk, where a Mr Roth has set up a spiritual foundation. There, Stratton meets Michael, a boy who has been proclaimed as the next incarnation in a long line of spiritual leaders. The boy's mother, the same woman whose photograph was cherished by Lloyd, has disappeared. When a woman's body is found in woods nearby, Stratton initially assumes he has found her, but the reality turns out to be far more terrifying.

Laura Wilson's acclaimed and award-winning crime novels have won her many fans. Her novel Stratton's War won the Ellis Peters Award, while The Lover and A Thousand Lies were both shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Laura is the Guardian's crime reviewer. She lives in Islington, London.

'An excellent thought-provoking read' Literary Review. * Literary Review * 'Laura Wilson's DI Stratton series is one of the bright spots of British crime fiction ... an intelligent, thought-provoking crime novel with a particularly poignant ending' Spectator. * Spectator * 'Laura Wilson skilfully marshals her cast of shifty characters against the backdrop of the Suez crisis, the crushing of the Hungarian rebellion by the Soviets and the threat of nuclear war ... a top-notch police procedural' Telegraph. * Telegraph *